" How could the boundary keeper not have been paid in two decades! "
" How could any work for two decades without having being paid! "
" That was slavery! "
Head eunuch Payo was shocked and furious, from the previous enunch Gao to this one Gao Gao he had always frequently asked of the upkeep of the boundary keeper and his family.
Because of the boundary keeper, he left the past and present Gao to just only this task, letting them be, giving the leisure and some bits of benefits.
" So now you say there was no payment of wages in two decades?, what was all the " their fine, you checked up on them! " "
Not just Payo, the entire accompanying entourage and the empress were furious.
Especially the women.
Panae was very furious, it was pure wickedness for such to be.
The boundary keeper per say was more of an ceremonial and symbolic figure head per say, but the nature of the job itself and the intention behind it, the sacrifice of the boundary keeper, while no many could not understand or relate or do such to, it didn't mean she didn't see the fervour and utmost loyalty of this boundary keeper figure.
So to withhold the wages of the boundary keeper and his family for 2 decades, it was too much.
Thinking of it, to Panae, two decades was just after she had been born and after the numerous issues that accompanied, that loyal servant had withdrew into the seclusion symbolizing the solution that followed.
Withdrawing from society and the outside world, at the very least such person should be taken care of.
The furious Payo seeing the severity and the bad reputation that followed ordered Gao Gao sternly, pointing his fingers at the other, " Speak what happened, and don't bother to lie ! "
Panae shook her head, truly the the head Eunuch was loyal, meticulous and hardworking in his work but he was somewhat daft.
Passing the ball to this usual eunuch, asking him not to " lie ", he has been lying for years?!, what are you asking him for?, to give him the opportunity to cook up some lies and lie some more .
Panae waved her hand, " silence ", and moved forward herself, walking towards Lin Ping she said, " Tell me your name and your side of the story ".
First to know the name of this handsome hunk, then to get him justice!
.....
He was the outsider, and he didn't know anything so Lin Ping had a worry that things could be twisted and turned against him.
He was even expecting the Eunuch Gao to lie, or maybe for these people to support their own over him.
At worst Lin Ping planned to give up if things didn't work, letting go of the money and just leaving in peace.
It wasn't that he was being pessimistic, he was just considering all possible scenarios and being prepared for them.
In a world he didn't know, Lin Ping didn't want to lose his life because of wages, if these people were not okay or civilsed he would leave!
This wasn't the normal mordern world, Lin Ping knew, so he could let go.
At most he'll just inform them of his resignation and leave.
There was even the thought he would be forced to do the work by these high ups no matter.
An unknown world could be an unreasonable one.
If that happened... It was a worst case scenario, Lin Ping thought.
But surprisingly things didn't go like that.
The empress asking him what the issue was, " his name and his side of the story "
Such a righteous leader!
It seemed like this world had a semblance of appreciation and respect of the common man.
Lin Ping didn't know that it wasn't that Gao Gao didn't want to lie, he couldn't!
He also didn't know that the "name" aspect of the empress's question wasn't really about his dilemma, it was about knowing the name of the handsome hunk in front of her!
Having lived with a societal and socially not so attractive face in his former life, even in this life having looked into the boundary seclusion pond that served as his mirror and seen how how so dashing he was, it had really not yet truly sinked in into the mind of Lin Ping, it had truly not yet.
With such looks, even life would be easier!
With such looks, life would be sweeter.
Beauty couldn't necessarily ensure love, but it could ensure lust, Lin Ping's beauty, it could certainly ensures "lusts".
Already extremely handsome, now after knowing he was the aggrevied person, every woman/ lady, from the least maid to the entourage up to the empress were very angry at such " innocent and wonderful" beautiful man with his family being cheated such.
Whilst Lin Ping had not yet fully realized or adjusted to the power of having a perfect face card, in his previous life, and now with with the fusion of this, he had a working brain and was very smart.
The former Lin Ping of this world wasn't dumb, his information source, and exposure was just very restrained and narrow.
The fusion and new Lin Ping was far far better, and seeing the opportunity that things were walking in his favour, he acted decisively, bowing his head, he put on the most pitiful face he could and spoke.
Wasn't he pitiful, his family had not being payed for two decades.
Although it was the overzealous Lin Pang that didn't ask or collect his wages, was it right for Eunuch Gao to spend !
" Your Majesty, my father and mother are dead, it is my father's wish that I do not continue his legacy of seclusion, but sorrowfully leave the service of your Majesty, resigning and with my family's wages over the years go to the outside world, and start a new life in society and people, and one day start a family"
Yes, a well crafted story, he was a filial son, explaining his resignation, he couldn't say he didn't want to right?!
Collecting the wages, yes, he needed it to start a new life in the world, yes!
Starting a family?, that was truly also Lin Pang's wish for Lin Ping, and he was fulfilling it, not just in the boundary seclusion!
Not interested in any boundary seclusion or keeper work.
Lin Ping just hoped these people wouldn't saddle him with something like the " importance and sacredness of the boundary keepers position", right?!
Although Lin Pang always talked so, but Lin Ping now knew that it was more of a symbolic or ceremonial, to be honest useless position.
Not that his father Lin Pang was useless, that wasn't right as a son to think, but truly the boundary keeper work was useless!
He served no actual purpose!
Sorrowfully?, he was not sorrow anything!, Lin Ping wanted to soar!